4/14/11 GOD IS ALWAYS FAITHFUL TO HIS PROMISES

4/14/11 cblog GOD IS ALWAYS FAITHFUL TO HIS PROMISES; St. Dominic 6p m: "into context..back to gen 12..re abram..god will make a great nation..blessings in abram/abraham..3-fold promise..gen 15..god detailing first promise..give a great nation..on this occ..god made covt w/ ab. ..land of ...[list of nations] ..all ths land is the promised land..one day will be yours..then ch 17 genesis..2nd promise..make your name great..maybe we think of significanc..famous..but also can be lineage..as it is w/ abraham..[recites biblical figures to moses..then aaron..judges..king david..royal dynasty set in motion ..son of david.christ..the fulfilment of royal lineage..gen 22 testing of..with son isaac ..eventually isaac looks around..wood..knife..what's going on ..god will provide..brings us to today's gospel..sac on cross, lamb of god..will never see death..christ overcomes death and sin..so we can have the ultimate blessing..3rd promise fulfilled..god is making promises and is faithful to the promises..god is always faithful ..."

Gen 17:3-9 "When Abram prostrated himself, God spoke to him:“My covenant with you is this: you are to become the father of a host of nations No longer shall you be called Abram; your name shall be Abraham, for I am making you the father of a host of nations I will render you exceedingly fertile; I will make nations of you; kings shall stem from you. I will maintain my covenant with you and your descendants after you throughout the ages as an everlasting pact to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land in which you are now staying, the whole land of Canaan, as a permanent  possession and I will be their God.” God also said to Abraham:“On your part, you and your descendants after you must keep my covenant throughout the ages.”

P R. (8a) The Lord remembers his covenant for ever Look to the LORD in his strength; seek to serve him constantly. Recall the wondrous deeds that he has wrought,

John 8.51-59 "Jesus said to the Jews:“Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.” So the Jews said to him,“Now we are sure that you are possessed. Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say,‘Whoever keeps my word will never taste death.’ Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? Or the prophets, who died? Who do you make yourself out to be?” Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is worth nothing; but it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’ You do not know him, but I know him. And if I should say that I do not know him, I would be like you a liar But I do know him and I keep his word. Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day he saw it and was glad.” So the Jews said to him,“You are not yet fifty years old and you have seen Abraham?” Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, before  Abraham came to be, I AM.” So they picked up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid and went out of the temple area"